Staff Software Engineer, Controls

Kodiak(29 days ago)

Mountain View, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$200,000 - $250,000Motion Planning & Controls

About this role

Kodiak Robotics is seeking an experienced Controls Software Engineer to join its Motion Planning & Controls team working on safety-critical autonomous trucking systems. The role focuses on developing and validating control, feedback, and actuation strategies and building reliable, redundant software that operates fully-loaded trucks on public roads. The position emphasizes vehicle characterization, modeling for motion planning and simulation, and collaboration across hardware and systems teams to deliver a robust control architecture.

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Required Skills

Feedback Control
Actuation Strategies
Control Design
Vehicle Modeling
System Identification
Controller Tuning
Simulation
Redundant Architectures
Safety Critical
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Qualifications

MS in Robotics, Controls, Optimization, or Mathematics
PhD in Robotics, Controls, Optimization, or Mathematics

About Kodiak

kodiak.ai

Kodiak Robotics (Kodiak AI) builds purpose‑built autonomous driving systems for ground transportation, centered on its Kodiak Driver software and hardware stack. Their driverless technology is designed to seamlessly integrate with existing vehicle platforms to enable reliable, safe movement across a wide range of environments. Kodiak emphasizes safety, scalability, and real‑world deployment as it works to commercialize and advance autonomous ground transportation.